IPL playerIndia2013 to 2024
Rishi Dhawan
On scorecards: R Dhawan · Right-hand bat
Rishi Dhawan, a bowler, played seven IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Rishi Dhawan's first IPL season was 2013, with Mumbai Indians, a signing made outside the auction.
That first season brought 6 matches, 21 runs and 2 wickets at 7.11 an over, and ended with Mumbai Indians as champions.
The peak
The best season was 2014, for Kings XI Punjab: 13 wickets at 7.71 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.98, with best figures of 2 for 14.
Franchise by franchise
2013, Mumbai Indians. 6 matches and 2 wickets; champions in 2013.
2014 to 2024, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2014 auction for ₹3 cr. 33 matches, 189 runs and 23 wickets.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2014 to 2024. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 are missing from the record: seasons without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 25 wickets in 665 deliveries, at 8.04 runs an over against a league rate of 8.10 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
31% of the balls Rishi Dhawan bowled were dots, a lower share than 89% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 26.5 balls.
The fielding record: 13 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Rishi Dhawan went under the hammer five times, bought three times and left unsold twice. The highest price was ₹3 cr, paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2014, more than 15 times the base price. The market cooled over time: the last purchase, in 2022, cost ₹55 lakh. Unsold in 2019, Rishi Dhawan was bought again in 2022 by Punjab Kings. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Rishi Dhawan made 39 IPL appearances, the last for Punjab Kings in 2024.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | 6 | 21 | 14 | 7.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 7.11 | 1/6 | 3 | Champions | |
| 2014 | Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 82 | 23* | 41.0 | 109.3 | 0/0 | 13 | 7.71 | 2/14 | 3 | ||
| 2015 | Kings XI Punjab | 5 | 36 | 25* | 18.0 | 109.1 | 0/0 | 1 | 9.04 | 1/12 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Kings XI Punjab | 2 | 14 | 11* | – | 233.3 | 0/0 | 2 | 8.00 | 1/21 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Punjab Kings | 6 | 37 | 21* | 18.5 | 92.5 | 0/0 | 6 | 8.21 | 2/36 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Punjab Kings | 6 | 20 | 19 | 10.0 | 166.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.57 | 1/20 | 3 | ||
| 2024 | Punjab Kings | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0/0 | 0 | 11.67 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Mumbai Indians: 2013
- Kings XI Punjab: 2014 to 2024
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 44.9% |
| Balls per four | 10.4 |
| Balls per six | 26.7 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31% |
| Balls per wicket | 26.5 |
| Catches | 13 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UAL1 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹3 cr |
| 2017 | – | ₹30 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹55 lakh |
| 2019 | All-rounder | ₹50 lakh | Unsold |
| 2022 | AL3 | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹55 lakh |
| 2025 | UAL3 | ₹30 lakh | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet